Many Teens and Young Adults With HIV Don’t Know They Have the Disease, CDC Says
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
June 26, 2009 — About 50,000 adolescents and young adults aged 13 to 24 were living with the virus that causes AIDS in 2006, but nearly half of [...]

Between 2003 and 2007, the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing stalled, and may even have reversed among certain groups of teens, according to the study “Changing Behavior Risk for Pregnancy Among High School Students in the United States, 1991�,” by John [...]

Ethnic Skin: Is It Any Different? Dermatologists Say “Definitely!”
By Tamar Nordenberg

Myth: Those with darker skin needn’t be concerned about skin cancer.Fact: This misconception can be the kiss of death — literally. While ethnic skin provides some built-in “sun block” against the rays that can kill, its natural protection (approximating SPF 10) isn’t enough to promise [...]

Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?
With heart deaths linked to low vitamin D levels, an expert offers advice on getting just enough sun
By Deborah Kotz
Posted June 23, 2008
Coinciding with the first week of summer, a study published today underscores the importance of getting adequate amounts of sunlight [...]

The physical evaluation for carpal tunnel syndrome should consist of the subjective assessment and a complete objective examination. Subjective reports normally consist of parasthesia, numbness, and/or burning in the median nerve distribution of the hand, pain worsening at night, occasional radiating pain distally into the hand or proximally into the arm, and hand weakness. [...]

Planned c-sections carry risks for babies
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 (Reuters Health) — New research suggests that elective c-sections should not be performed in pregnant women until they have reached full term. Performing the operation too early in pregnancy increases the risk of complications and even death for the newborn, according to a report in the [...]

Masks for Oily Skin

Step 1
Blend oats to a fine powder and add 1 tbsp. honey and 3 big slices of chopped pineapple. Mix into a paste. Apply and leave on for 15 minutes. Oatmeal absorbs oil and exfoliates.

Step 2
Beat an egg white and add a few drops of lemon. Spread on your face and after [...]

Colorectal Cancer Rates Up; Blame Obesity
Obesity, Lifestyle Changes Are Factors in the Major Increases in Colorectal Cancer Rates
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

June 10, 2009 — Increasing Westernization is the likely culprit in dramatically increasing incidence rates of colorectal cancer around the world, a new study says.
The [...]